The monitor gear is designed for 24/7 use. Combining the products will provide multilayer monitoring for additional protection. The system includes remote monitoring and alarms and user-friendly interfaces.

CNC, a broadband communications and fixed-line telecommunications operator, is responsible for transmitting video signals to the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) from all the Olympic competition venues in seven cities.

Test and measurement equipment manufacturer Tektronix Inc. recently donated picture-quality measurement equipment to Portland State University. PSU will use Tektronix MTS210 MPEG test systems and a PQA200 picture-quality analyzer in a new digital video laboratory that PSU Engineering will build. The lab will be used f

Mississippi Education Broadcasting Television, an eight-station public television network, ordered $3.2 million in transmission equipment from Harris Corp.'s Broadcast Communication Division to aid the network's transition to digital broadcasting. The public television network bought a Platinum CD VHF digital transmit

Harris Corp. is buying Aastra Digital Video, a business unit of Canadian company Aastra Technologies Ltd. , for about $35 million. Harris said the deal broadens its Total Content Delivery solutions. Tim Thorsteinson, president of Harris Broadcast Communications Division said the acquisition would enable Harris to o